U.S Mail Going To Brokers

If you’re talking direct delivery to the mailbox ,then there might be concerns there. But the USPS has been brokering mail for DECADES,pretty much since deregulation.

 

I’d bet $$to donuts it’s not 1st class
That’s all schedules and contracts...well paying I might add
I’m fairly certain..,that’s all 3d class and bulk

 

When I was leased to Schneider in early 2000’s…. We hauled mail regularly

 

Like almost every thing else government wise the mail is contracted out. When I worked at AA Cargo numerous airlines have/had contracts with USPS to ship mail as belly freight or on the upper deck,depending on the company involved (UPS,FedEx naturally have full freighter aircraft,whereas airlines like United, Delta,American, etc. put it in the cargo hold underneath). However,during the pandemic to offset the losses, during which most carriers were shut down, some aircraft were converted from passenger to freighter by removing the seats and luggage overhead bins to accommodate more cargo, mail notwithstanding. As I said before, this is nothing new. As something like this has been ongoing, actually before deregulation. I’d actually be more concerned about Amazon delivering the mail than anyone else, since they like to crash into to everything they see.

(I wasn’t always a truck driver-had a former life as an airline cargo agent so handling such loads was part of the job,along with live animals and hazmat.)

 

i see this as state to state hauling from one turnkey ops center to the next.

that'll be on the long haul side of things,

then i see hauling from turnkey ops center to the neighborhood offices, for distribution from there to the homes businesses.

actually, this has been going on for decades.

all one has to do is go to any turnkey ops center and you will see dozens of contracting companies line up at the docks.

i know, i worked for the postal service back in the late 1990's.

i think the postal service wants to cut down on thier expenses, like having thier own trucks, then fuel, then instance, then payroll.

some postal truck drivers get paid as good as UPS tractor-trailer drivers do

 

I’ve hauled bulk/junk mail and also regular mail. I’ve also hauled roll on totes of packages that required tracking on my phone.